Mellotronists group photo

Yahoo Groups archive

Mellotronists

Index last updated: 2026-04-28 23:09 UTC

Message

Re: [Mellotronists] Re: More on MKII

2002-09-27 by NormLeete@aol.com

Dear All,

My slant on this is that most M400's sound different to each other!!!!!!!

My first (EMI) was certainly a more mellow beast than my current M400. This 
one is so bright that the tone control usually lives at about half way to 
tame the top end (otherwise it would sound like a Chamberlin :-))

Other things that may change things are the keyboard feel (MkII is better) 
and the heads are different on the early machines.  MkII uses different 
electronics (valve / tube) and there is the MkII's own amplification to add 
to the equation.

Conclusion: Any Mellotron is preferable to no Mellotron at all...

All the best,
Norm

Attachments

Move to quarantaine

This moves the raw source file on disk only. The archive index is not changed automatically, so you still need to run a manual refresh afterward.